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Zimbabweans cheered when the government of national unity was formed in February by President Robert Mugabe and his erstwhile foe Morgan Tsvangirai, who is now the country's Prime Minister. But ordinary folks say they are not happy with what has happened since. Half the population of about 13 million is facing hunger; a raging cholera epidemic has claimed more than 4,000 lives since last year; and the economy has continued to be inert, as it has been for almost a decade now. The world economic crunch has not helped the situation. "We are yet to see results...
...decision to "dollarize" Zimbabwe's economy, one of the first acts of the new unity government (including erstwhile enemies President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai), has brought a small amount of stability to the economically ruined country. All civil servants now earn a monthly salary of U.S. $100, while shops and banks accept dollars and rands. (See pictures of Mugabe's reign...
...Zimbabwe Unity at Last? Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in on Feb. 11 as the country's new Prime Minister, after nearly 11 months of political violence and stalled negotiations with controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who refused to step down as President despite losing the March 29 presidential election to Tsvangirai. More than 100 members of Tsvangirai's political party, however, remain in police custody...
...animosity between Mugabe's regime and Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is unlikely to be cured by a few fine words. Mugabe's security forces have spent the past nine years beating and killing members of the MDC. After a general election on March 29, 2008, which the ruling Zanu-PF lost and in which Mugabe came in second to Tsvangirai in the presidential vote, security forces and their allies killed nearly 200 activists and injured thousands more in a campaign of terrorism across the country. Tsvangirai himself has been beaten more than once. Even after Mugabe...
Even if they can work together, Tsvangirai and Mugabe must revive an economy - and a country - in a coma. Unemployment is near universal. The currency is worthless and all but abandoned. More than half the country needs food aid. Cholera has killed more than 3,000 and infected tens of thousands more. Millions of Zimbabweans have simply fled the country...